40 Old Colorized Photos That Might Change The Way You Perceive History By Sebastien De Oliveira (New Pics)

Looking at old black-and-white photos, have you ever wondered what people and things were really like back then? Well, of course, nowadays we have a lot of easily accessible sources providing us with all the information we need. However, it is probably impossible to fully understand a period in which we didn’t exist yet.

To give you a better idea of the reality back in the day, we want to show you some works of Sebastien de Oliveira. He is an illustrator and a photographer who can resurrect the past in new colors. Literally. With the help of Photoshop, the artist colorizes old photos, giving them more life.

For more of Sebastien’s colorized pictures, check out our previous post here.

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#1 A Woman Driving A Sports Car Around Hollywood With Thor The Great Dane Riding Shotgun, 1961. Photographed By Ralph Crane

40 Old Colorized Photos That Might Change The Way You Perceive History By Sebastien De Oliveira (New Pics)

40 Old Colorized Photos That Might Change The Way You Perceive History By Sebastien De Oliveira (New Pics)

#1 A Woman Driving A Sports Car Around Hollywood With Thor The Great Dane Riding Shotgun, 1961. Photographed By Ralph Crane

#2 Frida Kahlo On A Small Boat At Xochimilco, Mexico, Photographed In 1936

#3 Amelia Earhart, Photographed In 1932

#4 Photographer Harry Adams Stands With A Young Woman In Front Of His Barbershop. Los Angeles, 1956

#5 Brigitte Bardot In A Boat, 1959

#6 Manis The Orangutan And Clint Eastwood, Behind The Scenes Of The Film “Every Which Way But Loose ” By James Fargo (1978)

#7 Hal And Betty Takier, Jitterbug Dancing 1938

#8 February 9, 1927. Washington, D.c. Miss Grace Wagner, Central High School

#9 Marilyn Monroe In The Henry Hathaway’s Film “Niagara”, 1953

#10 James Dean Signs Autographs In His Car In Marfa, Texas, Photographed By Richard C. Miller, In July 1955

#11 Actress Cathy O’donnell, 1945. Photographed By Martha Holmes For Life And Time Pictures

#12 Parisians On A Bus, Photographed In 1951

#13 Anonymous Couple Photographed In 1942

#14 Richmond, Virginia, Circa 1908

#15 Actress Katharine Hepburn, 1907-2003. Photographed By Alfred Eisenstaedt In 1937

#16 Veteran Soldier Of Napoleon With His Old Uniform On The Anniversary Of Napoleon’s Death. Photographed In 1858

#17 Diane Keaton And Al Pacino On The Set Of The Godfather By Francis Ford Coppola In 1972

#18 Couple Kissing In The Front Seat Of A Convertible Car At A Drive-In Movie. Photographed In 1945

#19 Soldier And His Girlfriend Waiting For A Train At Chicago Union Station, Photographed By Jack Delano In February 1943

#20 Marlon Brando Photographed By Ed Clark In 1949

#21 Students Of The University Of Maryland Photographed In 1923

#22 Model Wearing Suse Dannenburg ‘Jezebel’ Sweater, Photographed By Nina Leen For Life Magazine, 1947

#23 Drought Refugees, California, Photographed By Dorothea Lange In February 1936

#24 Taxi Driver, Place Pigalle, 1958. Photographed By Paul Almasy

#25 Marilyn Monroe And Jane Russell Photographed On The Set Of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, Around 1953

#26 8th Of October 1963: British Actor Sean Connery Lounges On A Sofa With A Cigarette

#27 Photographed In 1936 By The French Photographer Pierre Jamet

#28 Photographed By Pierre Jamet In 1936

#29 April 17, 1935. Pontiac Convertible Coupe At Tanforan Racetrack, San Bruno

#30 Miss Lenora Rivero With Anthony Jannus In Rex Smith Aeroplane, 1911

#31 Elegant Thérèse Bonney, Taking The Train, With Vuitton Luggage, 1928

#32 Lauren Bacall, Photographed In 1942

#33 American Women Workers Serving Algerian Fusiliers With Sandwiches At The American Red Cross Military Canteen At Juvisy, 1918

#34 Little Fisherman, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Photographed By Howard Liberman In September 1942

#35 Man Changing A Tire, New York, Photographed In 1946 By Stanley Kubrick

#36 Robert De Niro Photographed On The Set Of The Film “Taxi Driver” By Martin Scorcese, 1976

#37 Central Park Lake On A Sunday, New York, Photographed By Marjory Collins In September 1942

#38 College Boys Trying To “Thumb” A Ride Home Over The Weekend, Near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Photographed By Marion Post Wolcott In June 1940

#39 A Norwegian Sailor And An Oswego Girl On A Hayride During Unites Nations Week, Oswego, New York. Photographed By Marjory Collins In June 1943

#40 Couple Kissing At The Cinema, Photographed By Weegee In 1943